Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,705, Josiah Fuller, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Fuller, Josiah
S. 32,705
CONTENTS

32705 Rev INVALID.
File No. 82, 705
Josiah Fuller Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 146
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10,028
Massachusetts
Isaiah Fuller
11
of Kingston in the state of Mass ts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dill on of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the first of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of April 1819 and sent to Judge Nathan Mitchell East Bridgewater Mass ts
  Arrears to 4th of Mar ch 1819.  88.00    Semi-ann l all ce ending Sep r 4 th 1819.  48.00     $136.00  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Kingston March 4 th 31 st 1818
I do hereby certify that Mr Joseph Shuler of Kingston enlisted and served in a company of which I was Lieutenant and in the Regiment commanded by Col o Theophilus Cotton, & in the year 1775 said Regiment was on the Continental Establishment the next year, (to wit) 1776, he enlisted into a company which I commanded in the Regiment commanded by Col o John Bailey, being the 2 d Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, all which I attest he faithfully served, and I know of no circumstance which ought to bar him from the privileges of a good Soldier -
Seth Drowne Maj r in y e 3 d Massach s Reg t in the Revolutionary Army

Josiah Fuller Kingston

I Josiah Fuller of Kingston in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts in my seventieth year depose set forth and declare that I was a soldier in the war of the revolution with great Britain and enlisted in April 1775 into Peleg Wadsworth's Company of Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regiment and Massachusetts line and served eight months at Roxbury the term for which I enlisted and then I enlisted again in 1776 into Capt. Seth Drow's Company and Col. John Bailey's Regiment being the second Regiment and served twelve months at New York and served out the term for which I enlisted. — and In March 1777 I enlisted for three years and was attached to  encamped with Capt. Noah Nichols' company of Artillery which was attached to the Artillery and served out the three years and received an honorable discharge from Genl. Knox in writing, but I have not preserved it.
Josiah Fuller.
Declared on oath and sworn to April 1. 1818.

Josiah Fuller
Kingston
1776 & 37 artillery
y 6 — Baily
y 7 to 80 Knox Artillery
Map. Regt
Admitted

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
On this first  ss. day of April A.D. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Josiah Fuller of Kingston aged sixty nine years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following  enclosed declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," vir.
That he served the whole of the year 1776 in said war as a private soldier - and then in March 1777 enlisted for and served three years in Capt. Nichols company of artillery - [See his said declaration enclosed]

And I am satisfied the said Fuller is poor and needs the assistance of his country for support —
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Josiah Fuller did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the com- mon enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above cer- tificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

I Josiah Fuller further declare on oath that from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my country for support — Josiah Fuller
Sworn to